Commander Will Cushing Daredevil Hero of the Civil War [Paperback]

October 1864. The confederate ironcladJamie Malanowski has brought to life one of the great, little-known swashbucklers of the Civil War. A fun, exhilarating rush of a read, this is history told with the flair and panache of a great journalist.Its astonishing to me that Id never heard of such an astonishing and very American hero. Will Cushing is like a character out of fiction or the moviescharismatic trouble-maker, patriot, half-mad can-do leader of menand Jamie Malanowski beautifully tells the ripping yarn that was his remarkable life.Jamie Malanowski restores Cushing to his proper place in the first rank of American naval heroes in this fast-paced, rousing biography that illuminates both Cushing the man and the hero. Gracefully written and admirably nuanced,Jamie Malanowskis compelling history sheds new light on Will Cushing, a major naval hero of the Civil War who, but for a technicality, would have surely received the Medal of Honor. The Cushing name reverberates through those years, with four brothers serving the North, including Alonzo, a cannoneer who fell at Gettysburg. But this story is about Will, and its a corker.[G]ripping, accessible& Malanowskis nimble prose serves the action scenes perfectly and gives Cushings battles the weight and presentation they deserve& [H]as the page-turning excitement of a thriller&Superbly entertaining.S. C. Gwynne, best-selling author of